Dr. Nsabimana has been serving as the Director General of Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) prior to his new appointment.
He had also served as Vice Mayor in charge of Urbanization and Infrastructure at the City of Kigali before moving to RURA.
Meanwhile; Amb. Gatete who held the position for four years has been appointed Rwanda’s Ambassador to the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Another appointee is Eng. Patricia Uwase who has been serving as the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Infrastructure. She has been named Minister of State in the same Ministry.
{{Who is Dr. Nsabimana?}}
Dr. Ernest Nsabimana received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (2005) from the University of Rwanda (former National University of Rwanda).
In March, 2010, He obtained a Master’s and Ph.D. combined scholarship (in Civil Engineering) at Kyung Hee University in South Korea. In June, 2015, he obtained a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Geotechnical and Transportation Engineering. During his PhD course, dr. Nsabimana published various scientific papers in peer reviewed journals. He has research interests and expertise in Transportation infrastructure such as Highway Engineering, Airport Engineering, Railway Engineering, Urban Infrastructure and Utilities planning.
Since September 2015 to November 2018, he served as Senior Lecturer of Civil Engineering at IPRC-Kigali and Coordinator of Rwanda TVET Trainer Institute (RTTI) at RP. He also served as part time lecturer of Geotechnical Engineering and Transportation Engineering at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT-Kigali Campus), Airport and Railway Engineering at INES Ruhengeri, Transportation and Traffic Engineering, and Urban Utilities Planning at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology in Kenya (DeKUT).
Dr. Nsabimana has also a very strong industrial exposure. He has been working as Structural, Geotechnical, Transport, Pavement and Materials Engineer on various road and building construction projects across the country.
Since November 2018 to August 2019, Nsabimana served as Principal of IPRC Karongi under Rwanda Polytechnic (RP). Since August 2019 up to December 2020, he served as the Vice Mayor in charge of Urbanization and Infrastructure of the City of Kigali (CoK) until prior to his appointment as the Director General of Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA).
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